diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 3557c178f1..a07ae8ad91 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void virtqueue_map_sg(struct iovec *sg, hwaddr *addr,
         len = sg[i].iov_len;
         sg[i].iov_base = cpu_physical_memory_map(addr[i], &len, is_write);
         if (sg[i].iov_base == NULL || len != sg[i].iov_len) {
-            error_report("virtio: trying to map MMIO memory");
+            error_report("virtio: error trying to map MMIO memory");
             exit(1);
         }
     }